The British Film Institute’s (BFI) Global Screen Fund will receive a £7 million ($8.5 million) cash injection as part of a new arts and culture investment package announced today by the UK government.
Financed by the UK government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport but administered by the BFI, the Global Screen Fund has been earmarked for cash alongside the UK Games Fund and the Supporting Grassroots Music Fund.
Overall, the UK government will hand £40 million ($48 million) to cultural bodies like the Screen Fund over the next financial year.
The Department of Department for Culture, Media and Sport has also picked four cultural projects that will receive £16.2 million from the government’s Cultural Development Fund.
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